G.O. (Ms.) No. 67, Preliminary Notification for Acquisition of Lands, 2025
The Water Resources (N2) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 67 dated 22 December 2025 as a preliminary notification to acquire 0.51.50 hectares of dry patta land in Alwaneri Village, Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District, for the Tamirabarani Karumeniyar Nambiyar interlinking Flood Carrier Canal Project. The notification restricts transactions and encumbrances affecting the identified land without the Collector's prior approval and allows interested persons to object within 60 days from its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
What the notification covers
The Water Resources (N2) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, issued G.O. (Ms.) No. 67 dated 22 December 2025 for the proposed acquisition of land needed for the Tamirabarani Karumeniyar Nambiyar interlinking Flood Carrier Canal Project. The acquisition is described as being for a public purpose, namely forming a flood carrier canal to take water from the Kannadian Channel to drought prone areas of Sattankulam in Thoothukudi District and Tisayanvillai in Tirunelveli District.
The requiring department entered the project area on 19 November 2010, and the canal had already been dug. The notification states that no family was displaced because of the acquisition.
Land and persons affected
The preliminary acquisition covers the following property:
- Village: Alwaneri, Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
- Survey number: 530/2.
- Classification: Dry land.
- Acquisition area: 0.51.50 hectares.
- Patta number: 1423.
- Boundaries: Survey number 530/1 to the north, 531 to the east, 534 to the south and 527 to the west.
- Interested persons listed: Moses Issac, son of Yacob, R. Rengasamy Reddiyar, son of Ramalinga Reddiyar, and Thulasimani, wife of Jeyaraman.
- No structures or trees are recorded in the schedule.
Restrictions and government powers
From publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, no person may sell, purchase or otherwise transact with the identified land, or create an encumbrance over it, without the Collector's prior approval.
The Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department, Special Project Division, Nanguneri, and staff are authorised to enter the survey land, take levels, dig or bore into the subsoil, and carry out work required for the project.
Assessment, inspection and objections
An environmental impact assessment was carried out by WAPCOS. Because that assessment was completed for the irrigation project, the notification states that a social impact assessment does not apply under section 6(2) of the 2013 land acquisition law.
Interested persons may:
- Inspect the land plan during working hours on any working day at the offices identified in the notification, including the Land Acquisition Officer and Special Tahsildar, River Linking Project Unit 2, Nanguneri.
- Submit objections to the Collector within 60 days from publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
The Sub Collector, Cheranmahadevi, is appointed as Administrator for rehabilitation and resettlement.
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Common questions
Can I buy or sell land in Survey No. 530/2 after this notification?
A sale, purchase or other transaction involving the notified land cannot be made from the Gazette publication date without the Collector's prior approval. Encumbrances also cannot be created without that approval.
How can an affected landholder object to the acquisition?
A person interested in the land may file an objection before the Collector within 60 days from the date the notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
Where can I inspect the plan of the land?
The land plan may be inspected on any working day during working hours at the offices identified in the notification, including the Land Acquisition Officer and Special Tahsildar, River Linking Project Unit 2, Nanguneri.
Was a social impact assessment carried out for the project?
No. The notification states that a social impact assessment does not apply because an environmental impact assessment was carried out for the irrigation project by WAPCOS.
